Specifically, Alan Vierling, Director of Operating Room Services at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, the Whitaker Foundation and Roberta Nixon from the University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Department have been a tremendous help with this new product that we are developing.

Alan Vierling, RN, ED Director, decided to seek a solution - specifically, he wanted to implement an automated patient tracking system.He was given the opportunity to plead his case in front of the IT Project Review Committee.After his presentation, the director received approval, along with a $150,000 budget to investigate solutions.